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Table 3 Motives for activity with friends' scale and factor structure

From: Development of scales to assess children's perceptions of friend and parental influences on physical activity

 

Prevent bullying

Social Sedentary

Social affiliation

Neighborhood friends

PERCENT VARIANCE EXPLAINED

18.6%

16.8%

15.6%

15.2%

ALPHA FOR SUB-SCALE

.789

.761

.714

.793

I take part in physical activity with my other friends so that I don't get picked on

.822

.075

.254

.056

I take part in physical activity with my neighborhood friends so that I don't get picked on

.783

.117

.018

.264

I take part in physical activity at school so that I don't get picked on

.745

.112

.195

.171

I take part in sitting down activity because my other friends do

.510

.391

.216

.051

I take part in sitting down activity to spend time with my other friends

.108

.844

.102

.093

I take part in sitting down activity to spend time with my school friends

.009

.814

.138

.061

I take part in sitting down activity because I want to belong in a group with my other friends

.318

.684

.153

.213

I take part in physical activity because my friends at school do

.183

.076

.762

-.046

I take part in physical activity to spend time with my friends

-.027

.204

.759

.155

I take part in physical activity because my other friends do

.363

.017

.653

.099

I take part in physical activity because I want to belong in a group with my other friends

.284

.335

.519

.200

I take part in physical activity to spend time with my neighborhood friends

.077

.061

.132

.917

I take part in sitting down activity to spend time with my neighborhood friends

.178

.395

-.118

.740

I take part in physical activity because my neighborhood friends do

.321

.029

.302

.703

Alpha for overall Scale = .857

 

Overall variance explained = 66.1%